HUMAN FACTORS ANALYSIS OF DRIVER BEHAVIOR BY EXPERIMENTAL SYSTEMS METHODS

USING A COMBINATION OF EXPERIMENTAL CLOSED-CIRCUIT TELEVISION, VIDEOTAPE, AND HYBRID COMPUTER METHODS, THE CONCEPT WAS TESTED THAT THE AUTOMOBILE FUNCTIONS AS A WHEELED EXOSKELETON OF THE DRIVER, WHOSE STEERING EFFICIENCY DEPENDS ON THE DESIGN OF BOTH CONTROL AND SENSORY INPUT CHARACTERISTICS OF THE MACHINE SKELETON. MEASURES OF A SIMULATED DRIVING TASK INDICATED THAT STEERING ACCURACY DECREASED SYSTEMATICALLY WITH INCREASE IN DRIVING SPEED OR RATE OF CHANGE IN ROAD COURSE. VISUAL FEEDBACK DELAYS, INTRODUCED AS THE LAGS BETWEEN STEERING ACTIONS AND THE RESULTED MOVEMENTS OF THE SIMULATED VEHICLE RELATIVE TO THE ROAD DISPLAY, CAUSED DEGRADATION OF STEERING PERFORMANCE. RESULTS OF ANOTHER EXPERIMENT ON ACTUAL DRIVING WITH LATERALLY DISPLACED T.V. IMAGES ON THE ROAD SHOWED THAT VISION FROM THE LEFT SIDE OF THE CAR MAY NOT REPRESENT THE OPTIMAL ORIGIN OF VISION FOR THE GUIDANCE OF A VEHICLE. THE FINDINGS SUPPORT THE VIEW THAT THE OVERALL DESIGN OF A SHELLED VEHICLE, BASED ON THE ANTHROPOMORPHOUS CONCEPT OF THE MAN-VEHICLE RELATIONSHIP MUST TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION BOTH THE ROAD AND THE MOTOR-SENSORY CHARACTERISTICS OF THE DRIVER.

• Availability:
  • Find a library where document is available. Order URL: http://worldcat.org/issn/00014575
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Vol 2, No 1, PP 11-20, 6 FIG, 19 REF
• Authors:
  • Smith, K U
  • Kao, H S
  • Kaplan, R
• Publication Date: 1970-5

Media Info

• Media Type: Print
• Pagination: pp 11-20
• Serial:
  • Accident Analysis & Prevention
  • Volume: 2
  • Issue Number: 1
  • Publisher: Elsevier
  • ISSN: 0001-4575
  • Serial URL: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/00014575

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Accuracy; Behavior; Closed circuit television; Computers; Drivers; Driving simulators; Human factors; Speed; Steering; Videotapes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hybrids
• Subject Areas: Highways; Safety and Human Factors;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00222799
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jul 18 1971 12:00AM